Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Falcons WR Julio Jones, DT Grady Jarrett, DE Vic Beasley and LB Deion Jones have all reported to the team for the start of mandatory minicamp.
This group had previously skipped voluntarily OTAs, but Rapoport says that the plan had been to be present for minicamp.
Jones, 30, is a former first-round pick of the Falcons back in 2011. He’s currently in the fifth year of his six-year, $81.432 million contract that includes $47 million guaranteed and stands to make a base salary of $12.5 million for the 2018 season.
The Falcons adjusted Jones’ contract last year to pay him an additional $2.9 million in 2018 and included a $4.4 million signing bonus.
In 2018, Jones appeared in all 16 games for the Falcons and caught 113 passes for 1,677 yards receiving and eight touchdowns.
Jarrett, 25, is a former fifth-round pick of the Falcons back in 2015. He played out the final year of his four-year, $2.527 million contract and made a base salary of $1.907 million for the 2018 season.
The franchise tag will run the Falcons $15,355,000 fully guaranteed for the 2019 season.
Jarrett will be an unrestricted free agent again in 2020.
In 2018, Jarrett appeared in 14 games for the Falcons and recorded 53 tackles, six sacks and three forced fumbles. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 5 interior defensive lineman out of 118 qualifying players.
Beasley, 26, is a former first-round pick of the Falcons back in 2015. He played out the final year of his four-year, $14.5 million contract but the Falcons picked up his fifth-year option worth $14,200,000 for the 2019 season.
In 2018, Beasley appeared in all 16 games for the Falcons and recorded 20 tackles, five sacks, a fumble recovery returned for a touchdown and three pass defenses.
Jones, 24, is a former second-round pick of the Falcons back in 2016. He’s entering in the final year of his four-year, $4.546 million contract and set to make a base salary of $1.07 million for the 2019 season.
In 2018, Jones appeared in six games and recorded 53 tackles, one sack, two interceptions with one being returned for a touchdown, a forced fumble and six pass defenses.
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